Carl Brühl

Carl Brühl (1820-1899)

Carl-Bernhard Brühl (5 May 1820, Prague 14 August 1899, Graz) was an Austrian physician and anatomist known for his work in the field of comparative osteology.

He studied medicine in Vienna, later spending several years as a practicing physician. In 1857 he was appointed professor of zootomy and comparative anatomy in Krakow. In 1861 he became a professor of zootomy in Vienna, where in 1863, he was named director of the zootomic institute.[1]

In Vienna, he conducted popular scientific lectures free of charge, a practice that was almost unheard of at the time. His lectures were also available to female listeners, causing a stir of serious controversy in academic circles.[2] Sigmund Freud, in his 1925 autobiographical study, mentioned that it was hearing Brühl's reading of Goethe's "Die Natur" that persuaded him to enter medical school.[3]

Selected works

References

  1. Biography in German @ Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950.
  2. Statements based on translated text from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.
  3. Analytical Psychology and German Classical Aesthetics: Goethe, Schiller, et al by Paul Bishop
  4. WorldCat Identities Most widely held works by Carl Bernhard Brühl

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